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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 173, 期 6, 页码 3693-3706出版社
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.6.3693
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL68744] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAID NIH HHS [AI43407, R01 AI043407, AI42284, AI50953, R01 AI043407-08] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS44044] Funding Source: Medline
NKT cells represent a unique subset of immunoregulatory, T cells that recognize glycolipid Ags presented by the MHC class 1-like molecule CD1d. Because of their immunoregulatory properties, NKT cells are attractive targets for the development of immunotherapies. The prototypical NKT cell ligand alpha-galactosylceramide (alpha-GalCer), originally isolated from a marine sponge, has potent immunomodulatory activities in mice, demonstrating therapeutic efficacy against metastatic tumors, infections, and autoimmune diseases, but also has a number of adverse side effects. In vivo administration of alpha-GalCer to mice results in the rapid activation of NKT cells, which is characterized by cytokine secretion, surface receptor down-regulation, expansion, and secondary activation of a variety of innate and adaptive immune system cells. In this study, we have evaluated the in vivo immune response of mice to a set of structural analogues of alpha-GalCer. Our results show that, contrary to current thinking, beta-anomeric GalCer can induce CD1d-dependent biological activities in mice, albeit at lower potency than alpha-anomeric GalCer. In addition, we show that the response of NKT cells to distinct GalCer differs not only quantitatively, but also qualitatively. These findings indicate that NKT cells can fine-tune their immune responses to distinct glycolipid Ags in vivo, a property that may be exploited for the development of effective and safe NKT cell-based immunotherapies.
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